Former Apple Chief Design Officer Jonathan “Jony” Ive hit the headlines with a new project. His 2019 founded company LoveFrom has a first major customer on the hook: the travel and apartment agency platform Airbnb.

Multi-year cooperation The announcement, which came on Thursday night and was posted by Airbnb boss Brian Chesky on the company’s blog, left largely open what Ive and his design company should actually do for Airbnb.

But it is about a long-term collaboration “in the development of new products and services”, it says in the blog entry. But I’ve also been helping build Airbnb’s own design team. So it’s not about a complete outsourcing of the function. Chesky emphasized that he and Ive have been “good friends for many years” and that he had already provided him with ideas and advice. I’ve believed Airbnb’s in-house design team is “one of the best in the world”. Airbnb also has another project that Ive could help with: Under the code name “Backyard”, Airbnb is experimenting with ideas for their own houses that are specially designed for renting.

From iMac to iPod to iPhone Today 53 Jonathan Ive was since the end der 90 was responsible for the design of Apple products from Mac and iPod to iPhone and Apple Watch. For a while, he also set the tone for the appearance of the iPhone operating system iOS. Last year, Ive went into business for himself and founded LoveFrom together with the well-known British designer Marc Newson – who had already helped out at Apple.

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